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January 14, 2018 Ecclesiastes 1:1-2; 12:13-14 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Albert Camus, The Fall Brandi Carlile, “The Eye” Cicero, How to Grow Old Debbie Downer, Saturday Night Life skit Leonard Cohen, “Anthem” Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward...

January 7, 2018 Mark 12:28-34 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Christ Presbyterian Church, ‘Dream for a Better Tomorrow’ Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Peggy Drexler, ‘Hugh Hefner’s Legacy has a Dark Side’ at CNN.com CS Lewis, The Four Loves Roc Morin, ‘How to Hire Fake Friends and Family’ in The Atlantic Geoff Thomas, as quoted at...

December 31, 2-17 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV

December 24, 2017 John 1:14-18 ESV

December 17, 2017 Isaiah 9:1-7 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms Ray Ortlund, Jr., Commentary on Isaiah Eugene Peterson, When Kingfishers Catch Fire Eugene Peterson, The Message

December 10, 2017 Luke 2:25-35 ESV

December 3, 2017 Romans 8:31-39 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Montgomery Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Christopher Catherwood, Five Leading Reformers ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Joni Eareckson Tada, ‘God Permits What He Hates’ at joniandfriends.org J...

November 26, 2017 Ephesians 2:1-10 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Montgomery Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Christopher Catherwood, Five Leading Reformers ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary John Donne, Sonnets Dumb and Dumber, Film Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Frederick Nietzsche, The Will to Power J.I....

November 19, 2017 John 17:6-12 ESV

November 12, 2017 Ephesians 1:3-12 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Montgomery Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Christopher Catherwood, Five Leading Reformers ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Jonathan Edwards, A Careful and Strict Inquiry into the Prevailing Notions of the Freedom of the Will Walter Isaacson, ‘Th...

November 5, 2017 Romans 7:18-25 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Montgomery Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Christopher Catherwood, Five Leading Reformers ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Leonard Cohen, “Antham” Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel Herman Melville, Moby Dic...

October 29, 2017 Romans 5:12-21 ESV

October 22, 2017 John 18:33-40 ESV

October 15, 2017 Hebrews 4:14-16 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Montgomery Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Christopher Catherwood, Five Leading Reformers ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Jason Isbell, “If We Were Vampires” Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive New York Times, “A New Measure of Well-Being from a...

October 8, 2017 Luke 24:44-53 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Montgomery Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Christopher Catherwood, Five Leading Reformers G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Christopher Hitchens, Is Christianity Good for the...

October 1, 2017 Romans 3:21-31 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Boice, Commentary on Romans Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary An anonymous pastor, letter to his struggling son Chariots of Fire, film Rich Mullins, Hard Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Watty Piper, The Little Engine that Could John Stott, The Message of Romans...

September 24, 2017 2 Timothy 3:14-17 ESV

September 17, 2017 Daniel 4:28-37 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Boice, Commentary on Romans Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive CS Lewis, Voyage of the Dawn Treader Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 3, the myth of Narcissus Lauren Slater in The New York Times, ‘The Trouble with Self-Esteem’ John Stott...

September 10, 2017 Acts 2:42-47 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: * Special credit belongs to Dr. Timothy Keller for many of the insights from point 1 of this sermon -- "One Book." This specifically pertains to the language of treating Jesus as a personal assistant, accepting only 90% of the Bible, and the "knife being more solid material" than us. Deepest thanks to Dr. Keller for his insights. James Boice, Co...

September 3, 2017 Romans 8:31-39 Primary Sources TBA

August 27, 2017 Romans 8:26-30 ESV For Website / PRIMARY SOURCES: James Boice, Commentary on Romans Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive The 1972 Humanist Manifesto C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Scientific American, “What is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain?” John Stott, Commentary on...

August 20, 2017 Romans 8:18-25 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Boice, Commentary on Romans Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive CS Lewis, A Grief Observed CS Lewis, The Last Battle Eugene Peterson, Kingfishers Catch Fire Scientific American, “What is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain?” John...

August 13, 2017 Romans 8:12-17 ESV

August 6, 2017 Romans 8:1-11 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Boice, Commentary on Romans Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Neil McCormick, U2 by U2 Eugene Peterson, The Message John Stott, Commentary on Romans Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ NT Wright, For Everyone Commentaries Ravi Zacha...

July 30, 2017 Matthew 7:28-29 ESV